The Sound of Music FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Maria, the von Trapps, and Our Favorite Things

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by Barry Monush

Type

Encyclopedias

Subject

One Film > The Sound of Music

Keywords

Robert Wise

Publishing date

2015

Publisher

Applause Books

Collection

FAQ

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 512 pages
6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4803-6043-3

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Book Presentation:
The Sound of Music FAQ is a comprehensive, encyclopedia-like reference to the world's most popular movie musical. Rather than focusing on the often-told stories of this classic movie, this book looks at the 1965 Oscar-winner in relation to its source, including the true von Trapp family story and the Broadway musical from which it was derived.

The Sound of Music FAQ explores such facts and trivia as the movie's phenomenal original run in cinemas, during which it dominated the box office for a staggering amount of time and became the highest grossing movie of the 1960s and of all time; its long and varied life on home video and primetime television; the bestselling soundtrack and many other related recordings; information behind the stunning Austrian locations; the critical feedback; the many stage revivals; and the continuing references, homages, reunions, and tributes related to it over the many decades since its release.

About the Author:
Barry Monush (Metuchen, NJ) joined the staff of Screen World in 1988, eventually becoming the editor of this annual publication. A lifelong film enthusiast, he is also the author of The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965, Everybody's Talkin': The Top Films of 1965-1969, and Music on Film: West Side Story. He updated Stanley Green's Hollywood Musicals: Year by Year and coauthored (with James Sheridan) Lucille Ball FAQ: Everything Left to Know About America's Favorite Redhead. Monush is a researcher at the Paley Center for Media in New York City.

Press Reviews:
''[A] useful, descriptive, entertaining, and absorbing guide . . . Barry Monush's The Sound of Music FAQ is an indispensable guide in exploring The Sound of Music as a major American film musical and how it has been interwoven into America's cultural fabric.'' --Mark Kappel's Newsnotes Dance Blog

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